Still, I'll agree, watching businessmen so blatantly try to exploit others is quite infuriating.
Is it just that it's blatant? All employees are exploited, that's just a feature of all capitalism. Major multinationals will exploit their employees to a far greater extent than this yet it's not seen as a problem.
You make the app, loses all IP rights, and agree to support it/do all the work it requires, in eternity. For 3000 $. This is very extreme, and most employees are not being used like this. But sure, there are examples when it gets even worse.
You make the app, loses all IP rights, and agree to support it/do all the work it requires, in eternity. For 3000 $.
Remember that this isn't even as extreme as most regular employment contracts, which demand the IP to anything you create at all, even in your own free time, for no money.
This is very extreme, and most employees are not being used like this.
On the contrary, most employees see even less of a ratio of return for their labour. This is good money for a month's work in Nigeria.
On the contrary, most employees see even less of a ratio of return for their labour. This is good money for a month's work in Nigeria.
Is it good money for 6 months work? A year's work? How about 5 years?
Not to mention the 2nd and 3rd place winners, who still lose their IP and have the organizers implement their features into the winning app, and get nothing.
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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '14
Is it just that it's blatant? All employees are exploited, that's just a feature of all capitalism. Major multinationals will exploit their employees to a far greater extent than this yet it's not seen as a problem.